Credit Risk and Credit Rating Credit Risk In today’s challenging business environment, it is very crucial for financial institutions to do risk assessment. Therefore, it is very important to know exactly what Credit Risk is and why it is important to ascertain it.
NPV Decision Rules – Capital Budgeting Techniques Net Present Value is defined as the present value of all expected cash flows generated by the project minus present value of the cost of the project. Net Present Value = Present value of all expected cash inflows – Present value of the cost of the project
Project Analysis – Capital Budgeting Techniques Nile’s Manufacturing is considering buying automated machinery that costs $250,000. Working capital requirement is $25,000 and they are expecting Annual cash savings of $103,000 for 5 years. The company uses straight-line depreciation method. The salvage value the machinery at the end of year 5 is expected to be… Read More »
Project Analysis – Capital Budgeting Techniques Solved example of Payback Period and ARR Steve has been appointed as finance director of a company. His only aim is to gain some experience before moving to a larger company. His intention is to work here for three years and when he would leave the company; its share price… Read More »
Project Analysis – Capital Budgeting Techniques Net Present Value Example We are considering following project for investment purpose. Initial cost of the project: $800,000 Project Life: 5 years Annual Net Operation Profit:… Read More »
Criticism on Capital Asset Pricing Model It is pertinent to mention here that the CAPM theory is about the real world; but it does not describe the real world fully. Richard Roll, in the Journal of Financial Economics, argued that, because it is almost impractical to develop a portfolio that includes every single security (called… Read More »
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) What is CAPM? CAPM Assumptions CAPM Formula How to calculate CAPM? Capital Asset Pricing Model CAPM stands for Capital Asset Pricing Model. Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) defines the relationship between risk and required returns in the security market and it is used in the pricing of risky securities. CAPM Model Assumptions 1. Mean-Standard… Read More »
Why people invest in stocks? Investors buy, hold and sell financial assets to earn returns on them. Within the spectrum of financial assets, why do some people buy common stocks instead of safely depositing their money in an insured saving account with a guaranteed minimum return? Describe the factors/characteristics that investors keep in consideration while preferring… Read More »
Discounted Cash Flows – Capital Budgeting Techniques We have discussed earlier that accounting rate of return & payback period ignores time value of money and cash flow trends. Means cash inflow of $5000 in the first year and $50 in the fifth year is just as good as $50 in the first year and $5000… Read More »
Accounting Rate of Return – Capital Budgeting Techniques Accounting rate of return is the project evaluation technique which differs from other capital budgeting techniques because the focus of this technique is average annual net income or accounting income rather than cash flows. ARR is defined as the ratio of average accounting income to average investment. You will find… Read More »